- Binding child support agreement
- How to manage a binding child support agreement
End a binding child support agreement
To end your current agreement, you must make a new binding agreement that either replaces or terminates the current one.
Why you need to apply for child support while you get FTB Part A
Where possible, parents should take primary responsibility for the cost of looking after their children. This is why we ask you to apply for child support, also known as maintenance.
How child support affects FTB Part A payment rates
The more child support you receive or are entitled to, the less FTB you may get. This is called the Maintenance Income Test.
When you have a child support agreement while you get FTB Part A
You need to know how this affects your FTB.
Family Tax Benefit Part A balancing and child support
If you get Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and child support, we’ll check you got the right amount of FTB when we balance your payments.
When your circumstances change while you get child support and FTB Part A
If your circumstances change we may need to change your assessment.
- Limited child support agreement
- How to manage a limited child support agreement
Limited child support agreements affect your family payments
We’ll make a notional assessment after we accept your agreement. The notional assessment is the child support that would apply if you didn’t have an agreement.
- Limited child support agreement
- How to manage a limited child support agreement
End a Limited child support agreement
You or the other parent can end a limited agreement.
- Court ordered periodic child maintenance
- What you need to do
Court order expiry for child maintenance payments
Child maintenance orders will end at a specified time, or when a particular event occurs.
- Court ordered periodic child maintenance
- How to manage court ordered periodic child maintenance
Submit your court order for child maintenance payments
Once you have a child maintenance order from the court you can then notify us of the order.